Artwork by Vasil Goranov, please check out his wonderful paintings at his site, where he draws from Bulgarian history to create powerful scenes of historical romanticism; he is one of my favourite artists and you should definitely support him by seeing more of his work: www.vasilgoranov.com/en/index.html Music & vocals by Farya Faraji, based on traditional South Slavic and Balkanic musical motfs. The instruments used the traditional catalogue of Bulgarian folk music before the 18th century: a saz-like instrument, the gaida bagpipe, and the kaval flute. Please note that this isn’t reconstructed music from that specific era, only modern Bulgarian folk music with a historical theme. Tsar Kaloyan, so called because of the combination of his name Ioanitsa and “kalos,” in Greek, the latter due to his handsome looks, was Tsar of the Second Bulgarian Empire from 1196 to 1207. The Second Bulgarian Empire was the successor state of the First Bulgarian Empire that had been annihilated by Basil II, dubbed the Bulgar Slayer. Kaloyan reinvigorated Bulgaria with its long gone glory, and brought his successor state to new heights, dealing great defeats upon the Eastern Romans, which would earn him the nickname Roman Slayer, a direct response to Basil II two centuries earlier.
Listening to this beauty and reading the comments has made me realise that you have done the seemingly impossible task of uniting the Balkan peoples. Great work and much love from Bulgaria. 💪
Some facts about out Kaloyan. He was hit by a mace in the head in his younger years. It is very likely that he has terrible headache in his later years because of that. He had some rage issues because of that. He was 188 - 190 cm tall, a giant for his time. He defeated the crusader army that sacked Constantinople.
@@MilNedJan So did you but we always ignore that part don't we or we change it so that the other one is the one to blame. Let's stop holding old grudges we are all brothers please.
I really wish someone made a Crusader Kings 2 mod that puts all of Farya's songs in the game, I'm sure they would all fit perfectly. Maybe it's only my dream...
Kaloian (Ioniță Caloian in Romanian) is of the Asen Dynasty. It was basically the dynasty that brought Vlachs (including Romanians of Wallachia) and Bulgarians together. I, as a Romanian, have huge respect for that dynasty and it demonstrates that when even two Balkan peoples forget their differences, they can terrify even the mightiest Empires. Shame that sincere friendship is more rare than 1000 chests of gold without owner and hatred more common than the blades of grass.
There is no evidence of any Vlachs in Bulgaria at that time. Much less an alliance. The only non-Bulgarians who took part were some Cuman horse archers whose sole task was to draw out and bait the Latins into an ambush once. This is recorded by the Latins and the Greeks themselves who were spectating from within the city walls.
@@numenoreaneternity6682 It's not. Romanian is the 3rd closest language to Latin, and in a lot of cases Italians and Romanians can understand each-other. It is, yes, much closer to Latin than French and Portuguese, say. It's undeniable that Romanian has significant Slavic elements in language, literature, culture and so on, but at the same time it also shares a lot with Greek, for examples the words fustă/φούστα, stafidă/σταφίδα, trandafir/τριαντάφυλλο, and so on. The language in itself is a Daco-Romance language. The Thracian tribes, including Dacians which are considered Romania's ancestors, were one of the primary peoples in the Balkans. Their existence is documented by ancient Romans and Trajan even waged wars against them. They did not just vanish. The Greeks had ever only controlled only the shores of Romania, yet that does not explain how 3% of the Romanian vocabulary is Greek [and I'm not just referring to scientific terms that obviously come from Greek, but words such as the previous examples.] One might argue that for example "stafidă" is also in Bulgarian, which is true, and that could have been passed down during Bulgarian rule over Romania. But then again what about the influence that Bulgarian didn't pick up on? Old Church Slavonic was a language meant to help Christianize the Balkans & Slavs. Saying that something was written in Romania in Church Slavonic doesn't hold you any leverage nor does it enable you to say "you're just Latinized Bulgarians" or something. That's because Church Slavonic was also used by St. Cyril and Methodius in Moravia/Czechia, before they were thrown out by the west-leaning rule which opposed the use of Old Slavonic; does that also make the Czechs Bulgarian? I'd say no. Genetically, all Balkaners are similar. We've coexisted for centuries to say the least and with all the back and fourth occupations and whatnot it's natural that there's some ethnic overlapping and mixing, not to mention the fact that the Slavs came in by a migration, which does create a lot of overlap. The 11th-century Persian writer, Gardizi, wrote about a Christian people “from the Roman Empire”, inhabiting the lands along the Danube. Historian Adolf Armbruster identified this people as the Romanians.
An interesting fact - his pre-regnal name was Yoanitza, from what we know, which means "Little Ivan/John". He was nicknamed by the Bulgarian nobility as Kolayan, which comes from the greek calo and Giannis, which means "John the Beautiful". In the same time the Byzantines called him Skylogiannis, which means "John the Dog".
im from Dobrogea Romania 🇷🇴 and i live in Bretagne i love how clean is everything here and nature so alive . it brings me crusader state of mind 🤣 peace from Saint-Nazaire 🛳️⚓
@@Anatolian_grikWe have always been originally Christian. During the Ottoman empire, they forced us to convert to Islam. Many refused, and few converted. They ruled us to be Muslim, but it was never something we did by choice. Bulgaria has always been a Christian country.
Brother you have an amazing talent! And you are doing a big favor to the ancient world! You are bringing the forgotten music back! And people who live history now can links history and music to establish a better understanding of the people all across the region! KEEP IT UP BROTHER AND GOD BLESS YOU! 🙏😤
So happy about this I thank you Farya this is absolutely epic music, I will make sure to play it on my next battle! Slava to Tsar Kaloyan Romanslayer and slava to you too Farya! :D
@@InAeternumRomaMater This never existed, this is a concept only Romanian historians are spreading to feel better about themselves and what the Romanians never managed to achieve, and that is powerful Kingdom. There is only one evidence that is the letter sent by Roman write, that's it, if you base your conclusions based of this you should change your approach.
@@InAeternumRomaMater First we have to begin by stating what a Vlach is, because I see most Romanians still think that Vlachs are Wallachian and that they are only Wallachian. Do not forget that Vlach means Latinized Balkan person, there are Greek-Vlachs, Albanian-Vlachs, Bulgarian-Vlachs, Gagauz-Vlachs, Avar-Vlachs, Moldavian-Vlachs and so on. Very simply put, the Romanian historians say “Vlachs are Vlachs are Proto-Romanians and that’s it. End of discussion.” Bulgarian historians, on the other hand, say “Vlachs are sometimes ethnic Vlachs, but sometimes are shepherd highlanders instead”, plus a bunch of other things. Some of those things are f.e. a quote from the main source on these events (Niketas Choniates) who uses the name Vlachs, but who also at one point says that the Byzantines previously called the Vlachs “Moesians”, but now call them “Vlachs”. And Moesians was how the Byzantines called the Bulgarians of the First Bulgarian Empire (as part of the common antiquization tendencies of their educated elites). So the Bulgarian scholars then say “See? He says that at that time Vlachs means Bulgarians, so in the best case scenario it’s not as simple as you put it”. Then the Romanian ones reply “Yeah, but sources also speak of “Vlachs AND Bulgarians”, so they’re clearly not the same”. There have been and still are heated discussions concerning the origins of the so-called Asen brothers. From one side, the modern Romanian historians consider them purely as Vlachs and that’s indeed how they are called in practically all contemporary sources. The Bulgarian historians, on the other hand, consider them either as Bulgarians (Moesians) or Cumano-Bulgarians, based on various other arguments taken from the contemporary sources, the linguistic analyses of Asen’s name etc. The foreign historians mostly consider these discussions to be useless and sparked by modern nationalism. We have to note that there was a Vlach population in the Second Bulgarian Empire, but this population was not as significant as Romanian historians are trying to make it. This is like saying, well the biggest minority in Romania are Hungarians and there are Hungarian politicians, therefore the country should be named Romano-Hungaria. This doesn't make any sense, we also had a Armenian Kind, should've we name the Kingdom Bulgarian-Armenian Kingdom? The population of Vlachs was around 15%, we had more slavs than Vlachs, why didn't we name it Slavo-Bulgarian Empire? Why Vlach-Bulgarian Empire, when Vlachs were not even that big of a minority in the Empire. “As Robert Lee Wolff noted in 1947, much of this scholarship has started from particular premises which have, or have had, little to do with the northern Balkans in 1185-1186, and much to do with Bulgaria and Romania in the twentieth century” (quote taken from Paul Stephenson’s “Byzantium’s Balkan frontier”, page 288). John V. A. Fine in his “The Late Medieval Balkans”, pages 12-13, also agrees: “Though it is impossible to resolve the problem on the basis of the surviving sources, it is worth pointing out that the issue is not as important as many twentieth-century scholars think. The twelfth century was not a period of nationalism. Bulgarians and Vlachs had been living together amicably in Bulgaria, Macedonia, and northern Thessaly for years... They jointly inhabited Bulgaria, where the Bulgarian Slavs, the largest element in the population, were chiefly peasants farming the lowlands, while the Vlachs with their flocks dominated the mountains... There is no evidence of any “national” conflict or rivalry between these two people at this time. Thus the modern academic controversy, being over an issue of little relevance to the Middle Ages, is probably best dropped.” The population was likely “mixobarbarian” (as the Byzantine authors of the time called it), consisting of Bulgarians/Slavs, Vlachs, Cumans etc, but due to the already established strong ethnic identity of the Bulgarians and because of their “anti-Byzantine character”, it became central and dominant in the newly-restored state): www.academia.edu/35879986/Cumans_and_Vlachs_in_the_Second_Bulgarian_Empire Conclusion: The Empire was very diverse, changing the name of a whole empire because the origins of the Ruler are of Vlach is beyond unserious. This is like me changing a name of the Byzantine empire because they had a lot of Bulgarians in their Empire or Romanians. One of the Byzantine Emperors was of Bulgarian origin, should we call the Byzantine empire Greco-Bulgarian. Wallachia was also used a geographical term, Vlachs refers to Romance-Speaking people of the Balkans. So Asen could've been of Cuman origin, Moldavian, Albanian, Serbian, Greek and so on. Changing the name of our Empire in the history books is completely unnecessary, as we had rulers of Armenian, Greek and Serbian origins as well. Moreover, if I remember correctly and if I'm mistaken you can correct me the Romanian Kingdom was mainly controlled by German-Hungarian dynsties, why don't you change your name to Germano-Hungarian-Romanian kingdom?
@@InAeternumRomaMater "Romanians aka Vlachs aren't "Latinized Balkan people", they are people who originated from the Romans of the Balkans more specifically Thraco-Romans." At this point your statements are becoming baseless as you are not providing any sources for this claims. Moreover, This claim can not be more far from the truth, Vlachs orignated in Albania, North Macedonia and Greek region, you can not find a single source which proves your point. Link: (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlachs#Etymology) "The term first appeared in late medieval sources and was used primarily as an exonym for speakers of the Balkan Romance languages, especially Romanians.[1][12] But testimonies from the 13th and the 14th centuries show that, although in Europe and beyond, they were called Vlachs or Wallachians (oláh in Hungarian, Vláchoi (Βλάχοι) in Greek, Volóxi (Воло́хи) in Russian, Walachen in German, Valacchi in Italian, Valaques in French, Valacos in Spanish), the Romanians used the endonym Rumân or Român, from the Latin Romanus, meaning "Roman".[1][39] However, in historical sources the term "Vlach" could also refer to different peoples: "Slovak, Hungarian, Balkan, Transylvanian, Romanian, or even Albanian".[40] In late Byzantine documents, the Vlachs are mentioned as Bulgaro-Albano-Vlachs (Bulgaralbanitoblahos), or Serbo-Albano-Bulgaro-Vlachs.[41] According to the Serbian historian Sima Ćirković, the name "Vlach" in medieval sources had the same rank as the name "Greek", "Serb" or "Latin".[42]" Quoiting you: "The population of Moesia might have been around 600k, out of those at maximum 50% were Vlachs during the 12th Century, why? Because Vlachs were the native population and it dropped during the Vlach migration period. The name "Vоlxъ" basically Vlah in Proto-Slavic meant "Roman Speaker" that came into Greek Βλάχοι from Proto-Germanic Walhaz which meant Roman or Stranger, it didn't mean any "Celt" in Eastern Europe. So there's not any "Greek-Vlah, Bulgarian-Vlah or Serb-Vlah", Serbian Historian Sima Ćirković states that Vlachs have their own separate ethnic meaning just as Serbs have or Greeks, so it wasn't used for variety of people until much much later when the word started denoting "Shepherds" and was exclusively referring to all shorts of Shepherds whether he was really ethnically Vlah or Serbian, Bulgarian or Greek. During the 12th-13th Century Vlachs were originally Shepherds/highlanders, take the example mount Vlahina between North Macedonia and Bulgaria or Mount Vlašić in Bosnia, modern day Vlachs live around mountains, rivers, lakes or hills and not in cities." You are literaly dishonest as you copy and pasted only one side of the story, if you keep reading (I provided the sources above but you can check for yourself) you will see clearly what the historical sources claim "However, in historical sources the term "Vlach" could also refer to different peoples: "Slovak, Hungarian, Balkan, Transylvanian, Romanian, or even Albanian".[40] In late Byzantine documents, the Vlachs are mentioned as Bulgaro-Albano-Vlachs (Bulgaralbanitoblahos), or Serbo-Albano-Bulgaro-Vlachs." You just copy and pasted what fits your narrative which makes our discussion very dishonest. Quoiting you: The empire was founded on the basis of the Vlach revolt from 1185-1186, Niketas Choniates points out how Vlachs formed the Empire along side the Bulgarians, and it was referred as a Vlach and Bulgarian Empire, being named Valahia, Bulgaria, Vlahia-Bulgaria Empire and their Emperors/Kings as Kings of the Vlachs and Bulgarians, is not the same in Romania who is named only Romania and founded by Romanians. This is why the Empire should be named Vlacho-Bulgar Empire and not only that, it is its historical name while "Second Bulgarian Empire" is a modern Empire that comes from the historiography tradition of the Bulgarian Historians to name it by 19th Century." This whole statement neglects hundreds of years of history and state, the fact that you said the empire was found on the basis of Vlach revolt shows how much of a knowledge you have on this topic. Niketas Choniates did not point how the Vlachs formed the Empire as they were playing very small part in the Kingdom, matter of fact the Cumans were playing more significant part than the Vlachs. Noboyd refered to the Bulgarian Kingdom as Vlacho-Bulgarian empire, this comes from Romanian historians. I have no idea what to say, you think that the Kingdom was founded on Vlachs, which is historically false, the Kingdom have a long long history even before the Vlachs were a thing on Romanian lands. I would suggest you to watch this video and learn more about Bulgarian history because at this point your statements are historical inaccuracies. Second Bulgarian Empire is modern term, and its used to SHOW the second Bulgarian empire, the actual name is just Bulgarian Empire. Moreover, the official language of the kingdom was Bulgarian, poetry, writtings and everything was in Bulgarian, even the church was based of Bulgarian language. Old Church Slavonic was used, which was based of Bulgarian dialect. You might question that as far as I'm concerned so here is evidence Source Britannica: (www.britannica.com/topic/Old-Bulgarian-language) "Old Bulgarian (Old Church Slavonic) was the first Slavic literary language and was written in two alphabets known as Glagolitic and Cyrillic (the invention of Glagolitic has been traditionally ascribed to St. Cyril)." Quoiting you: "And just for the record, "Moldavians" are Romanians, the genetics conducted by the National Library of Medicine shows all Romanians from their Historical regions (Moldavia, Wallachia and Transylvania) are homogeneous." I do not disagree, but those DNA results which you didn't provide, but for the sake of the argument lets say they are true. Doesn't change the fact that Bulgarians and Romanians are the closest genetically related people on the Balkans. I provided you with enough sources to work with. Quoiting you: "The name of "Asan" is of Cuman origin, yet Vlachs by this time did have Slavic, Hungarian or Cuman names such Seneslau, Litovoi, Farcaș, Basarab, Dobromir Chrysus, Ivancu or Radu, but genetic tests conducted on House of Basarab which is a Cuman shows no traces of Cuman origin. Your point on how "in Romania there's a Hungarian minority and there's Hungarian politicians in Romania and therefore should be named Romano-Hungaria" is not the same thing we see here with the Vlacho-Bulgar Empire." Ivancu, Radu and Basarab are of Bulgarian origin names. Where are those genetic tests? You did not list the source. I do not understand how its not the same thing, one of the fighters for freedom of your country is Hungarian, you had Hungarian king and many Hungarians died for Romania. I don't see how they are not the same, do not forget I apply your logic, this is not my logic. If that’s the case, then the answer is simple - because the Second Bulgarian Empire was called Bulgaria, not Wallachia. And it wasn’t just called Bulgaria - it was Bulgaria. Its language was Bulgarian, its courtly traditions and symbolism were Bulgarian (though with a very strong Byzantine influence), its legacy was Bulgarian, and most of its people were apparently Bulgarian as well. By the way, Pope Innocent III never refered to the kingdom as Vlacho-Bulgaria, but just as Bulgaria. I'm leaving this here: Source (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asen_dynasty) "In a correspondence, of 1199, the Pope talks about the "Roman descent" of Kaloyan. However, considering the actual text says Nos autem audito quod de nobili urbis Romae prosapia progenitores tui originem traxerint ("We heard that your forefathers come from a noble family from the city of Rome"), it is usually dismissed as simply a hidden compliment of the Pope to Kaloyan. Pope Innocent III in his letter to the Bulgarian King Kaloyan (Calojoannes) in 1204 addressed him "King of Bulgarians and Vlachs" (rex Bulgarorum et Blachorum); in answering the Pope, John called himself imperator omnium Bulgarorum et Blachorum ("Emperor of all Bulgarians and Vlachs'), but signed himself imperator Bulgariae Calojoannes ("Emperor Kaloyan of Bulgaria"); besides, the archbishop of Veliko Tarnovo called himself totius Bulgariae et Blaciae Primas ("Primate of all Bulgaria and Vlachia"). Ivan Asen II styles himselve “Tsar and sovereign of the Bulgarians“[22] and “Tsar of Bulgarians and Greeks”." Conclusion: The Empire spoke Bulgarian, the official language of the Empire was Bulgarian and the church was operating on Old Church Slavonic which old Bulgarian. Vlachs did not play such significant role as you think and we should change the name of the Empire? Every historian would laugh if he hears this. By this logic we should change the name of the Romanian Kingdom, as many other tribes and nations played part in it.
@@InAeternumRomaMaterExcept the thing is, the Empire was claimed to be a Bulgarian one by the people that created it themselves. Sure they called themselves rulers of the Bulgarians and the Vlachs, but so did Simeon call himself Tsar of the Bulgarians and the Romans yet he was undoubtedly a Bulgarian Tsar. Fact is that the Asen dynasty even if it possibly had a Vlach origin (I think it's more likely they were mixed), in the end actually claimed themselves to be a Bulgarian dynasty and centered themselves in Bulgaria, with territories north of the danube being merely vassal territories. Not to mention that them being Vlachs but choosing to identify as Bulgarians does actually make them Bulgarians, the right to self identification goes out to everyone. Also not to mention that the reason Bulgaria today has so little Vlachs is because Bulgarians themselves are a mix of Slavs, Bulgars and Thracians with other minor groups. They're a mixed people's and the Vlachs south of the danube chose to join the mix too, so really whatever was left of that legacy would've become Bulgarian by the end too. This Vlacho-Bulgarian Empire thing is just Romanians claiming an Empire that while sure they played a part into creating, it ultimately wasn't theirs really. It served the interests of Bulgaria, with North of The Danube being a really secondary interest to the state. So conclusion is. It is indeed most accurate to call it the Second Bulgarian Empire.
@@InAeternumRomaMaterAlso the population of Moesia was in no way even close to 50% Vlach. The Slavs were already there for centuries, not to mention the fact that the Vlachs barely survived in Wallachia and Moldova to begin with. Moesia was central for the First Bulgarian Empire too which had a golden age of slavic liturgy and whatnot and not once were Vlachs mentioned in it and not once was anything Vlach found. I agree the Vlachs of the past were more in Bulgaria than today but 50% of Moesia is just a lie.
I've been watching your music lectures for some time, but you my Persian friend kick all the ass. Thank you, love you, bless you! PS: I live 7 kms from Tarnovo and from the Tsarevets Fortress.
@@arnOrthodox Pomaks are definitely not Turkish. Some of them may have Turkish ancestors from the Ottoman period, but most of them are not. The person above said "I am half Turkish and half Slavic" and meant that he was half Pomak and half Turk.
@@InAeternumRomaMater Sure, that’s true. However, at that point of time Vlachs considered themselves as part of Bulgaria, same as Slavs and Bulgar Turks. It was a big family. Asen and Peter were Vlachs but they were Bulgarians first. End of discussion.
I love how this song makes me feel. The flute's constant presence gives me a weird sort of anxiety. Like there's a hawk, circling overhead, ready to strike. Absolute genius!
Well Kaloyan was active almost 200 years after his death and 2nd Bulgarian empire would have failed if Isaac II wasn't deposed by his brother Still he gave the latins hell
@@TrajGreekFireThe Byzantine Empire would have never recovered from the latins were it not for Kaloyan. They declined his offer for diplomacy and the greeks asked him for help and he agreed. Leading to the war with the Latin Empire.
@@АлександрМилорадович Она разная. И вообще эти тюрские и римские песни это новояз, что мешает сделать качающую музыку типа песни опричников я не понимаю. У Percival получается норм.
Haha thanks, yeah I’m definitely a Bulgaraboo; the Balkans in general are is of my favourite region of cultures in the world, it’s also probably one of my favourite styles of music
Amazing craftsmanship that perfectly combines our way of life and culture! I am extremely grateful and grateful that you made music based on the instruments that our forefathers used in the past, and that we use to this day, that you included in your works the "mystery of Bulgarian voices" and Bulgarian speech, and that in the description of each In your video, you leave information about the song itself, the person or the era it is from! From the first song "Roman Slayer", through "Dance of the Asens", Son's of Samuil", "Hajduks of Moesla", "Rosna Livada", "Snošti E Dobra" and all the way to "Dzhino Dzhino", they are all unique and combine completely our culture, traditions, custom and 1300 years of history in just a 3 or 5 minute video! By the way, about the song " Roman Slayer ", I would like to add some more information to yours about Tsar Kaloyan! In 1205 after Byzantium was conquered by the Latin knights of the Fourth Crusade, under the command of Baldwin the First or still of Flanders. In 1205, the army of the Crusaders met in battle that of King Kaloyan near Adrianople (today's Edirne - Turkey), where a key victory was achieved for the Bulgarians! According to historians, the number of Bulgarians was from 20 to 40 thousand troops, mostly allied, and most of them were lightly armed. A particularly key role was played by the Cuman cavalry plus the terrain of the battlefield was of great benefit to Kaloyan! In other words, Baldwin underestimated his opponent too much! The army of the Latin Knights was defeated, and Baldwin himself was captured by Kaloyan, which subsequently led to the great weakening of the Latin Empire and the strengthening of the power of the Bulgarian Kingdom! 🇧🇬☦️
@@gosho0 his primary title was an imperial one, not a royal one tho. You wouldn't call the Emperor of Austria Hungary a Duke just because he has the tiltle of duke on top of his imperial one
Have you dabbled in any chinese-style music? I'd love to see a Sassanid-Tang song, about Peroz III and his son Narsieh, who fled to Imperial China following the fall of the Sassanid Empire.
I definitely want to compose Chinese music in the future, I just need to take some time learning it and studying it because I don’t wanna do a stereotype, but once I’m confident I understand the style I’m definitely starting!
I love this song, the combination of typical Bulgar female choir and Vlach caval flute make it feel more like a statement of the brotherhood between them in the Middle Ages.
Kaloyan appointed himself Emperor of the Bulgars and Vlachs and many historians have speculated that the Asen dynasty were of factual origin Half Blood
This is typical bulgarian folk and not a vlach kaval. Kaloyan was bulgarian and there is no strong evidence to suggest he had vlach roots and he personally stated he was a descendant of Asparukh. There was never any "brotherhood" between vlachs and bulgars during this time, they were literally just a vassal under the bulgarian empire. The term "vlacho-bulgarian" empire was coined by a romanian and only used in romania, everywhere else in the world calls it the 2nd bulgarian empire. Calling it the "vlacho-bulgarian" empire is the same as calling the ottoman empire the "vlacho-ottoman" empire since they were a vassal state under the ottomans as well. The empire was entirely bulgarian
Text is ,,slava, slava, slava caryu Kaloyavu, Kaloyavu,, , am I right? Btw I woud really like to see more songs about slavic history made by You. Maybe something Ruthenian? or Samo's Moravian? Rugian song about uprising and defence of Arkona woud be epic.
@@wankawanka3053 True. But if it was not for Kaloyan to beat the crusaders, by the way he tried to ally himself with them, he then sided with the greeks and was a key to restoring the byzantine empire.
@@rumenoff974 All in good fun my friend! I love Bulgarians, I was just making a historical joke, because the song I assume is about the Gates of Trajan where the Bulgars ambushed the Romans.
Ironic when you think about it that the force which ultimately stopped the Latins from conquering all Byzantine territories in Greece was Bulgaria, that rebelled against that very same Byzantium just a decade and a half before
I wonder if you've ever heard about The Witcher 3. It's a game based on a novel by the Polish Andrzej Sapkowski and it has very beautiful slavic music like this.
Hi Farya, just discovered your channel and your skills are amazing. Your Turkish is beautiful. I would really like to hear the Nogai song "Özündü Ayamaysın" from you.
A nice guy indeed xD "He promised free passage to the defenders(of Serres), but after their surrender he broke his word and took them captive." "Most inhabitants of Veria were murdered or captured on his orders." "Kaloyan decided to take vengeance of the townspeople of Philippopolis, who had voluntarily cooperated with the crusaders. With the assistance of the local Paulicians, he seized the town and ordered the murder of the most prominent burghers. The commoners were delivered in chains to Vlachia." "He returned to Tarnovo after a riot had broken out against him in the second half of 1205 or early 1206. He "subjected the rebels to harsh punishments and novel methods of execution"" "He captured Rousion (now Keşan in Turkey) and massacred its Latin garrison." "He then destroyed most of the fortresses along the Via Egnatia, as far as Athira (present-day Büyükçekmece in Turkey). The local inhabitants were captured and forcibly relocated to the lower Danube." "The massacre and capture of their compatriots outraged the Greeks in Thrace and Macedonia. They realized that Kaloyan was more hostile to them than the Latins."
Много красива и много интересна композиция! Но се чудех дали бихте могли да направите нещо, което дори да следва музикалните стилове на източните славяни, може би посветено на Рюрик или Свети Владимир, Света Олга или Свети Александър Невски, който искате yбеден съм, че можете да го направите. Но правете каквото искате, аз само го предлагах, защото съм наполовина източнославянин😅.
@@papazataklaattiranimam Sempati duymak ile dost gözüyle bakmak farklı şeyler kanka. Ben polonyayi zaten Bosna gibi görmem ki slavlarin içinde Türklere en doğal saygı ve sevgi duyan millet bosnalilar.
Slavs are Thracians basically, according to Greek, Turkic, Austro-Hunagrian and some French sources, funny enough I remember even seeing one Albanian-Italian source on it. I know it's not "official taught history" but it was pretty official until around 90s and is widely considered the truth even now days since the "currently official history" is based on one single document which was later proven politically charged and inspired, and it was debunked for false information (ie. writing of events that happened hundreds/thousands of years earlier as if they happened then or making up events). Plus the mixing of people in Balkans, you can trace Thracian people all across South Slavic countries or even Greece and Romania. So I would say he's done some Thracian music already.
@@Svevladovich It's widely thought that they are because, their beliefs and traditions were mostly the same or extremely similar, and so was everything they've built or used. While Thracian exact haplotype is known (I2a), Illyrian one isn't known so it's not a 100% sure thing but it is a widely believed thing. Most probably, they were two big groups of the same people that may even have not been united but Greeks and Romans put them down as the same group.
@@numenoreaneternity6682 It literally 1st emerged in the Balkans, if you trace the origins. Ancient Slavs did also live in some regions of modern Belarus but they also spanned through the Balkans, all the way to where Greece is today originally. The Slavic migration is a myth perpetuated by Germanic school of history which was based on a single document proven fake for describing events that never happened to describing events from centuries ago as if they happen at the time of writing for political gain
Roman was the self designation of the so called Byzantines, but the Western Europeans referred to them as Greeks in the Middle-Ages; they didn't recognise them as Romans
Я уже давно заметил безусловное сходство русской и болгарской культуры. Это не только заметно в православной, духовной культуре, но в письменности кирилецой и произношении многих слов, а также единых славянских корней, что забывать никак не стоит. Пусть истории двух этих стран достаточно разные, но не замечать сходство этих двух народов не возможно.
In itself, many Bulgarian scholars fled, especially to Russia, where they served the high aristocracy of the Russian tsarate, for which a lot of Bulgarian culture greatly influenced the Russian one.
Artwork by Vasil Goranov, please check out his wonderful paintings at his site, where he draws from Bulgarian history to create powerful scenes of historical romanticism; he is one of my favourite artists and you should definitely support him by seeing more of his work: www.vasilgoranov.com/en/index.html
Music & vocals by Farya Faraji, based on traditional South Slavic and Balkanic musical motfs. The instruments used the traditional catalogue of Bulgarian folk music before the 18th century: a saz-like instrument, the gaida bagpipe, and the kaval flute. Please note that this isn’t reconstructed music from that specific era, only modern Bulgarian folk music with a historical theme.
Tsar Kaloyan, so called because of the combination of his name Ioanitsa and “kalos,” in Greek, the latter due to his handsome looks, was Tsar of the Second Bulgarian Empire from 1196 to 1207. The Second Bulgarian Empire was the successor state of the First Bulgarian Empire that had been annihilated by Basil II, dubbed the Bulgar Slayer. Kaloyan reinvigorated Bulgaria with its long gone glory, and brought his successor state to new heights, dealing great defeats upon the Eastern Romans, which would earn him the nickname Roman Slayer, a direct response to Basil II two centuries earlier.
Thanks a lot Farya this really means a lot!
@@rumenoff974 🇧🇬🇧🇬💪🏻
What did Vasil Goranov portray?
@@radziwill7193 Meaning the painting?
@@rumenoff974 Yes. This painting is untitled on his website.
This came in the perfect moment, as I just finished listening to "Boulgaroktonos". Thank you Farya for this masterpiece and epic timing!
Now that’s some good timing haha
Wow! Magnificent work! Thanks from Bulgaria 🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬
Listening to this beauty and reading the comments has made me realise that you have done the seemingly impossible task of uniting the Balkan peoples. Great work and much love from Bulgaria. 💪
Some facts about out Kaloyan. He was hit by a mace in the head in his younger years. It is very likely that he has terrible headache in his later years because of that. He had some rage issues because of that. He was 188 - 190 cm tall, a giant for his time. He defeated the crusader army that sacked Constantinople.
@@esocida He is my namesake and just like him I am tall myself (1.94m). Proud to bear his name!
Respect to our southern Balkan Brothers from Romania!
Love from Srebia to our Bulgarian brothers☦. Slava
Кроз историју су се баш показали као ''браћа''. Нису испуштали прилику да нам забију нож у леђа..
@@MilNedJan Бог ће нам дати мир у будућности
@@MilNedJan istina
@@MilNedJan Непријатељ мог непријатеља је мој булгарин!
@@MilNedJan So did you but we always ignore that part don't we or we change it so that the other one is the one to blame. Let's stop holding old grudges we are all brothers please.
I really wish someone made a Crusader Kings 2 mod that puts all of Farya's songs in the game, I'm sure they would all fit perfectly. Maybe it's only my dream...
I listen when playing ck3 everytime brother
Best comment
Kaloian (Ioniță Caloian in Romanian) is of the Asen Dynasty. It was basically the dynasty that brought Vlachs (including Romanians of Wallachia) and Bulgarians together. I, as a Romanian, have huge respect for that dynasty and it demonstrates that when even two Balkan peoples forget their differences, they can terrify even the mightiest Empires. Shame that sincere friendship is more rare than 1000 chests of gold without owner and hatred more common than the blades of grass.
Well said! 🇧🇬🇷🇴
stop trying to steal our history
There is no evidence of any Vlachs in Bulgaria at that time. Much less an alliance.
The only non-Bulgarians who took part were some Cuman horse archers whose sole task was to draw out and bait the Latins into an ambush once. This is recorded by the Latins and the Greeks themselves who were spectating from within the city walls.
@@numenoreaneternity6682 It's not. Romanian is the 3rd closest language to Latin, and in a lot of cases Italians and Romanians can understand each-other. It is, yes, much closer to Latin than French and Portuguese, say.
It's undeniable that Romanian has significant Slavic elements in language, literature, culture and so on, but at the same time it also shares a lot with Greek, for examples the words fustă/φούστα, stafidă/σταφίδα, trandafir/τριαντάφυλλο, and so on.
The language in itself is a Daco-Romance language.
The Thracian tribes, including Dacians which are considered Romania's ancestors, were one of the primary peoples in the Balkans. Their existence is documented by ancient Romans and Trajan even waged wars against them. They did not just vanish.
The Greeks had ever only controlled only the shores of Romania, yet that does not explain how 3% of the Romanian vocabulary is Greek [and I'm not just referring to scientific terms that obviously come from Greek, but words such as the previous examples.]
One might argue that for example "stafidă" is also in Bulgarian, which is true, and that could have been passed down during Bulgarian rule over Romania.
But then again what about the influence that Bulgarian didn't pick up on?
Old Church Slavonic was a language meant to help Christianize the Balkans & Slavs. Saying that something was written in Romania in Church Slavonic doesn't hold you any leverage nor does it enable you to say "you're just Latinized Bulgarians" or something. That's because Church Slavonic was also used by St. Cyril and Methodius in Moravia/Czechia, before they were thrown out by the west-leaning rule which opposed the use of Old Slavonic; does that also make the Czechs Bulgarian? I'd say no.
Genetically, all Balkaners are similar. We've coexisted for centuries to say the least and with all the back and fourth occupations and whatnot it's natural that there's some ethnic overlapping and mixing, not to mention the fact that the Slavs came in by a migration, which does create a lot of overlap.
The 11th-century Persian writer, Gardizi, wrote about a Christian people “from the Roman Empire”, inhabiting the lands along the Danube.
Historian Adolf Armbruster identified this people as the Romanians.
In this period of time romanians ware part of the Bulgarian ethicity
An interesting fact - his pre-regnal name was Yoanitza, from what we know, which means "Little Ivan/John". He was nicknamed by the Bulgarian nobility as Kolayan, which comes from the greek calo and Giannis, which means "John the Beautiful". In the same time the Byzantines called him Skylogiannis, which means "John the Dog".
respect our orthodox brothers from ancient ethiopian🏴☠️🇪🇹☦️
Brothers 😂? They're not even the same race buddy
@@Superator69 does it really matter, we are christians after all.
@@Superator69 Orthodox brothers is meant, brothers in religion, not in race.
From the creator of Bulgar slayer here comes roman slayer, out now on youtube!
jokes aside I love hearing some nice gaida and kaval
great job man!
I respect Slavs from France 🇫🇷❤️
That's are specifically Bulgarians
im from Dobrogea Romania 🇷🇴 and i live in Bretagne i love how clean is everything here and nature so alive . it brings me crusader state of mind 🤣 peace from Saint-Nazaire 🛳️⚓
Respect and love from Turkey to all my Slavic brothers.
Wait this is illegal
Eurasian when?
Wow,this is interesting.
@@radziwill7193 when religions die.
Eww ottoman
Second Bulgarian Empire was really militarily superior and superpower state under the rule of Kaloyan and Ivan Asen II.
Respect to Slavs from a Greek 🇬🇷❤️👍🏻
Bulgarians are not Slavs
@@millag93 What language they speak?
@@perseusofmacedon6918 'greeks' = christianized Turks + Albanians + Macedonians, Romans + Lydians.
@@millag93 Indeed, Bulgarians are Turkic.
@@bozoqturkmni8137 I don't know if you know better the Turks are much more Greek and Anatolian than Central Asian Turks in fact
Да живее България! Бог е с нас братя, тука сме...
Then why is Macedonia greek?
@@Hypogeal-Foundationbecause Bulgarians forget who made them christian
@@Anatolian_grik blud we know that the Byzantines made us Christians
@Imperialis_Aquila it it? Pirin macedonia is Bulgarian, and vardar macedonia is now independent. Only aegean macedonia is greek
@@Anatolian_grikWe have always been originally Christian. During the Ottoman empire, they forced us to convert to Islam. Many refused, and few converted. They ruled us to be Muslim, but it was never something we did by choice. Bulgaria has always been a Christian country.
Based Farya made a song about the most underrated King of the Medieval period.
Калоян был бичем и Ласкарисов и Фландрских королей. Вечная ему слава
Спасибо русский брат
Brother you have an amazing talent! And you are doing a big favor to the ancient world! You are bringing the forgotten music back! And people who live history now can links history and music to establish a better understanding of the people all across the region! KEEP IT UP BROTHER AND GOD BLESS YOU! 🙏😤
He was known to the Byzantines as "Skylogiannes" - John the dog. Amazing work Farya!
Skylogiannes sounds so cool,but it just translated to John the dog haha. Reminds me of Magnapaulia-Big Paul
@@stegotyranno4206 it sounds like an insult to greek (i'm greek) lol.
@Unknown-bt5rd magnapaulia is actually latin i think. It is the generic name for a type of dinosaur
So happy about this I thank you Farya this is absolutely epic music, I will make sure to play it on my next battle! Slava to Tsar Kaloyan Romanslayer and slava to you too Farya! :D
The Second Bulgarian Empire! 🇧🇬☦️
@@InAeternumRomaMater This never existed, this is a concept only Romanian historians are spreading to feel better about themselves and what the Romanians never managed to achieve, and that is powerful Kingdom. There is only one evidence that is the letter sent by Roman write, that's it, if you base your conclusions based of this you should change your approach.
@@InAeternumRomaMater First we have to begin by stating what a Vlach is, because I see most Romanians still think that Vlachs are Wallachian and that they are only Wallachian. Do not forget that Vlach means Latinized Balkan person, there are Greek-Vlachs, Albanian-Vlachs, Bulgarian-Vlachs, Gagauz-Vlachs, Avar-Vlachs, Moldavian-Vlachs and so on. Very simply put, the Romanian historians say “Vlachs are Vlachs are Proto-Romanians and that’s it. End of discussion.” Bulgarian historians, on the other hand, say “Vlachs are sometimes ethnic Vlachs, but sometimes are shepherd highlanders instead”, plus a bunch of other things. Some of those things are f.e. a quote from the main source on these events (Niketas Choniates) who uses the name Vlachs, but who also at one point says that the Byzantines previously called the Vlachs “Moesians”, but now call them “Vlachs”. And Moesians was how the Byzantines called the Bulgarians of the First Bulgarian Empire (as part of the common antiquization tendencies of their educated elites). So the Bulgarian scholars then say “See? He says that at that time Vlachs means Bulgarians, so in the best case scenario it’s not as simple as you put it”. Then the Romanian ones reply “Yeah, but sources also speak of “Vlachs AND Bulgarians”, so they’re clearly not the same”. There have been and still are heated discussions concerning the origins of the so-called Asen brothers. From one side, the modern Romanian historians consider them purely as Vlachs and that’s indeed how they are called in practically all contemporary sources. The Bulgarian historians, on the other hand, consider them either as Bulgarians (Moesians) or Cumano-Bulgarians, based on various other arguments taken from the contemporary sources, the linguistic analyses of Asen’s name etc. The foreign historians mostly consider these discussions to be useless and sparked by modern nationalism. We have to note that there was a Vlach population in the Second Bulgarian Empire, but this population was not as significant as Romanian historians are trying to make it. This is like saying, well the biggest minority in Romania are Hungarians and there are Hungarian politicians, therefore the country should be named Romano-Hungaria. This doesn't make any sense, we also had a Armenian Kind, should've we name the Kingdom Bulgarian-Armenian Kingdom? The population of Vlachs was around 15%, we had more slavs than Vlachs, why didn't we name it Slavo-Bulgarian Empire? Why Vlach-Bulgarian Empire, when Vlachs were not even that big of a minority in the Empire.
“As Robert Lee Wolff noted in 1947, much of this scholarship has started from particular premises which have, or have had, little to do with the northern Balkans in 1185-1186, and much to do with Bulgaria and Romania in the twentieth century” (quote taken from Paul Stephenson’s “Byzantium’s Balkan frontier”, page 288). John V. A. Fine in his “The Late Medieval Balkans”, pages 12-13, also agrees: “Though it is impossible to resolve the problem on the basis of the surviving sources, it is worth pointing out that the issue is not as important as many twentieth-century scholars think. The twelfth century was not a period of nationalism. Bulgarians and Vlachs had been living together amicably in Bulgaria, Macedonia, and northern Thessaly for years... They jointly inhabited Bulgaria, where the Bulgarian Slavs, the largest element in the population, were chiefly peasants farming the lowlands, while the Vlachs with their flocks dominated the mountains... There is no evidence of any “national” conflict or rivalry between these two people at this time. Thus the modern academic controversy, being over an issue of little relevance to the Middle Ages, is probably best dropped.” The population was likely “mixobarbarian” (as the Byzantine authors of the time called it), consisting of Bulgarians/Slavs, Vlachs, Cumans etc, but due to the already established strong ethnic identity of the Bulgarians and because of their “anti-Byzantine character”, it became central and dominant in the newly-restored state): www.academia.edu/35879986/Cumans_and_Vlachs_in_the_Second_Bulgarian_Empire
Conclusion: The Empire was very diverse, changing the name of a whole empire because the origins of the Ruler are of Vlach is beyond unserious. This is like me changing a name of the Byzantine empire because they had a lot of Bulgarians in their Empire or Romanians. One of the Byzantine Emperors was of Bulgarian origin, should we call the Byzantine empire Greco-Bulgarian. Wallachia was also used a geographical term, Vlachs refers to Romance-Speaking people of the Balkans. So Asen could've been of Cuman origin, Moldavian, Albanian, Serbian, Greek and so on. Changing the name of our Empire in the history books is completely unnecessary, as we had rulers of Armenian, Greek and Serbian origins as well. Moreover, if I remember correctly and if I'm mistaken you can correct me the Romanian Kingdom was mainly controlled by German-Hungarian dynsties, why don't you change your name to Germano-Hungarian-Romanian kingdom?
@@InAeternumRomaMater "Romanians aka Vlachs aren't "Latinized Balkan people", they are people who originated from the Romans of the Balkans more specifically Thraco-Romans." At this point your statements are becoming baseless as you are not providing any sources for this claims. Moreover, This claim can not be more far from the truth, Vlachs orignated in Albania, North Macedonia and Greek region, you can not find a single source which proves your point.
Link: (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlachs#Etymology) "The term first appeared in late medieval sources and was used primarily as an exonym for speakers of the Balkan Romance languages, especially Romanians.[1][12] But testimonies from the 13th and the 14th centuries show that, although in Europe and beyond, they were called Vlachs or Wallachians (oláh in Hungarian, Vláchoi (Βλάχοι) in Greek, Volóxi (Воло́хи) in Russian, Walachen in German, Valacchi in Italian, Valaques in French, Valacos in Spanish), the Romanians used the endonym Rumân or Român, from the Latin Romanus, meaning "Roman".[1][39]
However, in historical sources the term "Vlach" could also refer to different peoples: "Slovak, Hungarian, Balkan, Transylvanian, Romanian, or even Albanian".[40] In late Byzantine documents, the Vlachs are mentioned as Bulgaro-Albano-Vlachs (Bulgaralbanitoblahos), or Serbo-Albano-Bulgaro-Vlachs.[41] According to the Serbian historian Sima Ćirković, the name "Vlach" in medieval sources had the same rank as the name "Greek", "Serb" or "Latin".[42]"
Quoiting you:
"The population of Moesia might have been around 600k, out of those at maximum 50% were Vlachs during the 12th Century, why? Because Vlachs were the native population and it dropped during the Vlach migration period. The name "Vоlxъ" basically Vlah in Proto-Slavic meant "Roman Speaker" that came into Greek Βλάχοι from Proto-Germanic Walhaz which meant Roman or Stranger, it didn't mean any "Celt" in Eastern Europe. So there's not any "Greek-Vlah, Bulgarian-Vlah or Serb-Vlah", Serbian Historian Sima Ćirković states that Vlachs have their own separate ethnic meaning just as Serbs have or Greeks, so it wasn't used for variety of people until much much later when the word started denoting "Shepherds" and was exclusively referring to all shorts of Shepherds whether he was really ethnically Vlah or Serbian, Bulgarian or Greek. During the 12th-13th Century Vlachs were originally Shepherds/highlanders, take the example mount Vlahina between North Macedonia and Bulgaria or Mount Vlašić in Bosnia, modern day Vlachs live around mountains, rivers, lakes or hills and not in cities."
You are literaly dishonest as you copy and pasted only one side of the story, if you keep reading (I provided the sources above but you can check for yourself) you will see clearly what the historical sources claim "However, in historical sources the term "Vlach" could also refer to different peoples: "Slovak, Hungarian, Balkan, Transylvanian, Romanian, or even Albanian".[40] In late Byzantine documents, the Vlachs are mentioned as Bulgaro-Albano-Vlachs (Bulgaralbanitoblahos), or Serbo-Albano-Bulgaro-Vlachs." You just copy and pasted what fits your narrative which makes our discussion very dishonest.
Quoiting you:
The empire was founded on the basis of the Vlach revolt from 1185-1186, Niketas Choniates points out how Vlachs formed the Empire along side the Bulgarians, and it was referred as a Vlach and Bulgarian Empire, being named Valahia, Bulgaria, Vlahia-Bulgaria Empire and their Emperors/Kings as Kings of the Vlachs and Bulgarians, is not the same in Romania who is named only Romania and founded by Romanians. This is why the Empire should be named Vlacho-Bulgar Empire and not only that, it is its historical name while "Second Bulgarian Empire" is a modern Empire that comes from the historiography tradition of the Bulgarian Historians to name it by 19th Century."
This whole statement neglects hundreds of years of history and state, the fact that you said the empire was found on the basis of Vlach revolt shows how much of a knowledge you have on this topic. Niketas Choniates did not point how the Vlachs formed the Empire as they were playing very small part in the Kingdom, matter of fact the Cumans were playing more significant part than the Vlachs. Noboyd refered to the Bulgarian Kingdom as Vlacho-Bulgarian empire, this comes from Romanian historians. I have no idea what to say, you think that the Kingdom was founded on Vlachs, which is historically false, the Kingdom have a long long history even before the Vlachs were a thing on Romanian lands. I would suggest you to watch this video and learn more about Bulgarian history because at this point your statements are historical inaccuracies. Second Bulgarian Empire is modern term, and its used to SHOW the second Bulgarian empire, the actual name is just Bulgarian Empire. Moreover, the official language of the kingdom was Bulgarian, poetry, writtings and everything was in Bulgarian, even the church was based of Bulgarian language. Old Church Slavonic was used, which was based of Bulgarian dialect. You might question that as far as I'm concerned so here is evidence
Source Britannica: (www.britannica.com/topic/Old-Bulgarian-language) "Old Bulgarian (Old Church Slavonic) was the first Slavic literary language and was written in two alphabets known as Glagolitic and Cyrillic (the invention of Glagolitic has been traditionally ascribed to St. Cyril)."
Quoiting you:
"And just for the record, "Moldavians" are Romanians, the genetics conducted by the National Library of Medicine shows all Romanians from their Historical regions (Moldavia, Wallachia and Transylvania) are homogeneous."
I do not disagree, but those DNA results which you didn't provide, but for the sake of the argument lets say they are true. Doesn't change the fact that Bulgarians and Romanians are the closest genetically related people on the Balkans. I provided you with enough sources to work with.
Quoiting you:
"The name of "Asan" is of Cuman origin, yet Vlachs by this time did have Slavic, Hungarian or Cuman names such Seneslau, Litovoi, Farcaș, Basarab, Dobromir Chrysus, Ivancu or Radu, but genetic tests conducted on House of Basarab which is a Cuman shows no traces of Cuman origin. Your point on how "in Romania there's a Hungarian minority and there's Hungarian politicians in Romania and therefore should be named Romano-Hungaria" is not the same thing we see here with the Vlacho-Bulgar Empire."
Ivancu, Radu and Basarab are of Bulgarian origin names. Where are those genetic tests? You did not list the source. I do not understand how its not the same thing, one of the fighters for freedom of your country is Hungarian, you had Hungarian king and many Hungarians died for Romania. I don't see how they are not the same, do not forget I apply your logic, this is not my logic. If that’s the case, then the answer is simple - because the Second Bulgarian Empire was called Bulgaria, not Wallachia. And it wasn’t just called Bulgaria - it was Bulgaria. Its language was Bulgarian, its courtly traditions and symbolism were Bulgarian (though with a very strong Byzantine influence), its legacy was Bulgarian, and most of its people were apparently Bulgarian as well. By the way, Pope Innocent III never refered to the kingdom as Vlacho-Bulgaria, but just as Bulgaria.
I'm leaving this here: Source (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asen_dynasty)
"In a correspondence, of 1199, the Pope talks about the "Roman descent" of Kaloyan. However, considering the actual text says Nos autem audito quod de nobili urbis Romae prosapia progenitores tui originem traxerint ("We heard that your forefathers come from a noble family from the city of Rome"), it is usually dismissed as simply a hidden compliment of the Pope to Kaloyan.
Pope Innocent III in his letter to the Bulgarian King Kaloyan (Calojoannes) in 1204 addressed him "King of Bulgarians and Vlachs" (rex Bulgarorum et Blachorum); in answering the Pope, John called himself imperator omnium Bulgarorum et Blachorum ("Emperor of all Bulgarians and Vlachs'), but signed himself imperator Bulgariae Calojoannes ("Emperor Kaloyan of Bulgaria"); besides, the archbishop of Veliko Tarnovo called himself totius Bulgariae et Blaciae Primas ("Primate of all Bulgaria and Vlachia").
Ivan Asen II styles himselve “Tsar and sovereign of the Bulgarians“[22] and “Tsar of Bulgarians and Greeks”."
Conclusion: The Empire spoke Bulgarian, the official language of the Empire was Bulgarian and the church was operating on Old Church Slavonic which old Bulgarian. Vlachs did not play such significant role as you think and we should change the name of the Empire? Every historian would laugh if he hears this. By this logic we should change the name of the Romanian Kingdom, as many other tribes and nations played part in it.
@@InAeternumRomaMaterExcept the thing is, the Empire was claimed to be a Bulgarian one by the people that created it themselves. Sure they called themselves rulers of the Bulgarians and the Vlachs, but so did Simeon call himself Tsar of the Bulgarians and the Romans yet he was undoubtedly a Bulgarian Tsar.
Fact is that the Asen dynasty even if it possibly had a Vlach origin (I think it's more likely they were mixed), in the end actually claimed themselves to be a Bulgarian dynasty and centered themselves in Bulgaria, with territories north of the danube being merely vassal territories. Not to mention that them being Vlachs but choosing to identify as Bulgarians does actually make them Bulgarians, the right to self identification goes out to everyone.
Also not to mention that the reason Bulgaria today has so little Vlachs is because Bulgarians themselves are a mix of Slavs, Bulgars and Thracians with other minor groups. They're a mixed people's and the Vlachs south of the danube chose to join the mix too, so really whatever was left of that legacy would've become Bulgarian by the end too.
This Vlacho-Bulgarian Empire thing is just Romanians claiming an Empire that while sure they played a part into creating, it ultimately wasn't theirs really. It served the interests of Bulgaria, with North of The Danube being a really secondary interest to the state.
So conclusion is. It is indeed most accurate to call it the Second Bulgarian Empire.
@@InAeternumRomaMaterAlso the population of Moesia was in no way even close to 50% Vlach. The Slavs were already there for centuries, not to mention the fact that the Vlachs barely survived in Wallachia and Moldova to begin with.
Moesia was central for the First Bulgarian Empire too which had a golden age of slavic liturgy and whatnot and not once were Vlachs mentioned in it and not once was anything Vlach found. I agree the Vlachs of the past were more in Bulgaria than today but 50% of Moesia is just a lie.
Слава царю! Thank you very much for your creativity
Unbelievably evocative, Farya.
Very pleasant memories of tabletop historical miniature battles with _Dead Can Dance_ providing our soundtrack.
Sława!
Rody
Smert' urodu.
Pojebawszy? Nie ten kraj
@@GrasmesterTvoegoOhka no nwm bulgarians are merged Slavs, thracians and og bulgar nomads (t*rks but they got assimilated and breed into slavs)
@@TrajGreekFire wtf bulgars ware iranic not turkic. Never tough somebody believe in old communist propaganda
Поздрави от България!
I've been watching your music lectures for some time, but you my Persian friend kick all the ass. Thank you, love you, bless you!
PS: I live 7 kms from Tarnovo and from the Tsarevets Fortress.
he is mazanderani, not persian
My grandfather is Pomak(Muslim Bulgarian) and I'm half Turkish half Slavic
Respect to my ancestors!
Aren't Pomak Slavs, muslim Bulgarians?
@@arnOrthodox yes they are pomaks are muslim bulgarians imo
@@Oukxd Then it is wrong to be said they are half Slavic, half Turkish - as you and me know, they are Slavs (but muslims, not Christians)
@@arnOrthodox Pomaks are definitely not Turkish. Some of them may have Turkish ancestors from the Ottoman period, but most of them are not.
The person above said "I am half Turkish and half Slavic" and meant that he was half Pomak and half Turk.
Half Pomak and half Turkish - now I see :)
Your the best Farya . Thank you!
Thank you bro. You make the best and the most beautiful music!
Basically reverse chronology, Brilliant !!! 😍🙏🇮🇳
Tsar Wars Episode III: Revenge of Bulgaria
👌 quality film
Not really
@@InAeternumRomaMater No, it's not.
@@InAeternumRomaMater Sure, that’s true. However, at that point of time Vlachs considered themselves as part of Bulgaria, same as Slavs and Bulgar Turks. It was a big family. Asen and Peter were Vlachs but they were Bulgarians first. End of discussion.
I love how this song makes me feel. The flute's constant presence gives me a weird sort of anxiety. Like there's a hawk, circling overhead, ready to strike. Absolute genius!
Basil II disliked this video! But who cares this is freaking 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥☦️☦️☦️☦️☦️
Thessaloniki
Well Kaloyan was active almost 200 years after his death and 2nd Bulgarian empire would have failed if Isaac II wasn't deposed by his brother
Still he gave the latins hell
@@TrajGreekFireThe Byzantine Empire would have never recovered from the latins were it not for Kaloyan. They declined his offer for diplomacy and the greeks asked him for help and he agreed. Leading to the war with the Latin Empire.
This is brilliant! Greetings from Ukraine
This song makes me call my Wallachian friend and my Cuman employee.
A handsome man with a ruthless heart.
Awesome! It was only fitting after the great epic track about the Bulgar Slayer :)
Respect to Ethiopia, the Oldest Orthodox Christians in the world from Bulgaria
This is amazing FF. I mean FFS this is nothing but Epic.
Slava to you and hopefully there will be more and more.
Спасибо большое за этот труд)
Согласен, очень красиво
Очень пресно по сравнению с тюркскими и римскими песнями.
@@radziwill7193 славянская музыка, как правило, не такая яркая по звучанию.
@@АлександрМилорадович Она разная. И вообще эти тюрские и римские песни это новояз, что мешает сделать качающую музыку типа песни опричников я не понимаю. У Percival получается норм.
How are you so well educated on Bulgaria? Bulgaraboo? I'm shocked a non-bulgarian would even think to include a kaba gaida. Awesome though for sure!
Haha thanks, yeah I’m definitely a Bulgaraboo; the Balkans in general are is of my favourite region of cultures in the world, it’s also probably one of my favourite styles of music
Звучит очень хорошо! Good job!
Good 🇾🇹 Song 🇩🇲 Romanoktones Epic 🇧🇬 Bulgarian Music 🎶 Make it More Complex Слава Калояну 🇩🇲🇧🇬🎶💫
Amazing craftsmanship that perfectly combines our way of life and culture!
I am extremely grateful and grateful that you made music based on the instruments that our forefathers used in the past, and that we use to this day, that you included in your works the "mystery of Bulgarian voices" and Bulgarian speech, and that in the description of each In your video, you leave information about the song itself, the person or the era it is from!
From the first song "Roman Slayer", through "Dance of the Asens", Son's of Samuil", "Hajduks of Moesla", "Rosna Livada", "Snošti E Dobra" and all the way to "Dzhino Dzhino", they are all unique and combine completely our culture, traditions, custom and 1300 years of history in just a 3 or 5 minute video!
By the way, about the song " Roman Slayer ", I would like to add some more information to yours about Tsar Kaloyan!
In 1205 after Byzantium was conquered by the Latin knights of the Fourth Crusade, under the command of Baldwin the First or still of Flanders.
In 1205, the army of the Crusaders met in battle that of King Kaloyan near Adrianople (today's Edirne - Turkey), where a key victory was achieved for the Bulgarians!
According to historians, the number of Bulgarians was from 20 to 40 thousand troops, mostly allied, and most of them were lightly armed. A particularly key role was played by the Cuman cavalry plus the terrain of the battlefield was of great benefit to Kaloyan! In other words, Baldwin underestimated his opponent too much!
The army of the Latin Knights was defeated, and Baldwin himself was captured by Kaloyan, which subsequently led to the great weakening of the Latin Empire and the strengthening of the power of the Bulgarian Kingdom! 🇧🇬☦️
A masterpiece... Truly 🔥❤
Bulgaria, Stand up ❤🇧🇬
Sounds really good! Love to bulgaria
He sings: Glory to the king. Slava tsaryu. (Слава царю)
Tsar is an imperial title not a royal one
@@Sauron-bt8yp Kaloyan had the King title also
@@gosho0 his primary title was an imperial one, not a royal one tho. You wouldn't call the Emperor of Austria Hungary a Duke just because he has the tiltle of duke on top of his imperial one
@@Sauron-bt8yp You are right, I'm just pointing to the fact that he was given the title "king" by the Pope.
@@gosho0 Well the pope isn't a legitimate authority when it comes to matters like this.
That flute was going kinda hard. 🤤
Just perfect
Witcher ost vibe :). Thank you for your unqiue work.
You don't just resurrect music, you touch senses that a person doesn't even realize they have. Voice from God, talent from God - kudos young man!
excellent work as always!
Another great work. Appreciate you brother
Have you dabbled in any chinese-style music? I'd love to see a Sassanid-Tang song, about Peroz III and his son Narsieh, who fled to Imperial China following the fall of the Sassanid Empire.
I definitely want to compose Chinese music in the future, I just need to take some time learning it and studying it because I don’t wanna do a stereotype, but once I’m confident I understand the style I’m definitely starting!
bro predicted the future 💀 or caused it or something idk
Seria interessante a “legenda//tradução” em vários idiomas.
Abraços do Brasil, ótimo trabalho!
Que legal encontrar um brasileiro por aqui
@@PedroCervo assisto todos os vídeos dele, esse cara é
talentoso.
Thank you truly for this awesome piece of work !
Just,wow Farya this is really good
I'm an ancient Roman empire fan boy but man, this slaps harder than Caesar cavalry
I love this song, the combination of typical Bulgar female choir and Vlach caval flute make it feel more like a statement of the brotherhood between them in the Middle Ages.
Kaloyan appointed himself Emperor of the Bulgars and Vlachs and many historians have speculated that the Asen dynasty were of factual origin Half Blood
This is the Bulgarian kaval
This is typical bulgarian folk and not a vlach kaval. Kaloyan was bulgarian and there is no strong evidence to suggest he had vlach roots and he personally
stated he was a descendant of Asparukh.
There was never any "brotherhood" between vlachs and bulgars during this time, they were literally just a vassal under the bulgarian empire. The term
"vlacho-bulgarian" empire was coined by a romanian and only used in romania, everywhere else in the world calls it the 2nd bulgarian empire.
Calling it the "vlacho-bulgarian" empire is the same as calling the ottoman empire the "vlacho-ottoman" empire since they were a vassal state under the ottomans as well.
The empire was entirely bulgarian
@@soslanroseft4750 There is no evidence of the asenov dynasty being of half blood, its a mere speculation with no proof.
Salute to all balkan Slavs from balkan Turk
Only Pomaks and Bosniaks
@@papazataklaattiranimam sebep?
@@papazataklaattiranimam sebep?
@@kadirgules1823 diğerleri Türk düşmanı
@@papazataklaattiranimam zamanında çok savaşmış olabiliriz ama şuan aynı coğrafyada yaşıyoruz ve onlarla iyi anlaşmak bizim kazancımıza
Text is ,,slava, slava, slava caryu Kaloyavu, Kaloyavu,, , am I right?
Btw I woud really like to see more songs about slavic history made by You. Maybe something Ruthenian? or Samo's Moravian? Rugian song about uprising and defence of Arkona woud be epic.
It's "Slava Cariu Kalojanu" (in my preferred fashion of transcription).
¡¡Bravo!!
A song about Ivaylo, please!
Eastern Romans - play the Bulgar slayer card
Bulgarians - reverse uno card
Not as good as the bulgar slayer since byzantium was never conquered by bulgaria
@@wankawanka3053 True. But if it was not for Kaloyan to beat the crusaders, by the way he tried to ally himself with them, he then sided with the greeks and was a key to restoring the byzantine empire.
@@wankawanka3053 Krum, Asparuh, Simeon I, Ivan Asen II etc. LAUGHED
@@wankawanka3053 Turkic peoples of Bulgarianlike Bulgars and Cumans ruled over your ancestors before Ottomans🙃
@@papazataklaattiranimam how many of them conquered the byzantines ? :)
oldo Bulgarians created the Cyrillyc Bulgarians are much more than just slavs , they are Partially Dacian/Thracian/Turks/Hellenic/Roman
Mr.Farya you dont cease to amaze
Love to our Bulgarians Slavic/Christian brothers as Polish/Russian ☦
@esocida internet is not for you, may God soothe your heart
Great work mate!
Boulgaroktόnos has been real quiet since this dropped
It's because he haven't been born yet
Bulgarians🇧🇬🔥
Basil II has entered the Chat Bulgoid!
@@josephnugent3065 Kaloyan and Ivan Asen II disliked this!
@@josephnugent3065 Why the insult? Why not celebrate history ? True our ancestors were enemies but that was centuries ago.
@@rumenoff974 All in good fun my friend! I love Bulgarians, I was just making a historical joke, because the song I assume is about the Gates of Trajan where the Bulgars ambushed the Romans.
@@josephnugent3065 Ah, pardon me!
Lepa narodna glasba...
Ironic when you think about it that the force which ultimately stopped the Latins from conquering all Byzantine territories in Greece was Bulgaria, that rebelled against that very same Byzantium just a decade and a half before
I wonder if you've ever heard about The Witcher 3. It's a game based on a novel by the Polish Andrzej Sapkowski and it has very beautiful slavic music like this.
Thank you for this
Based Kaloyan commiting war crimes every day of the week.
An epic clapback to the Boulgaroktonos
Not really
Hello Macedonians 🇲🇰
@@catthegreat4977why did you put the Bulgarian flag?
Hi Farya, just discovered your channel and your skills are amazing. Your Turkish is beautiful. I would really like to hear the Nogai song "Özündü Ayamaysın" from you.
A nice guy indeed xD
"He promised free passage to the defenders(of Serres), but after their surrender he broke his word and took them captive."
"Most inhabitants of Veria were murdered or captured on his orders."
"Kaloyan decided to take vengeance of the townspeople of Philippopolis, who had voluntarily cooperated with the crusaders. With the assistance of the local Paulicians, he seized the town and ordered the murder of the most prominent burghers. The commoners were delivered in chains to Vlachia."
"He returned to Tarnovo after a riot had broken out against him in the second half of 1205 or early 1206. He "subjected the rebels to harsh punishments and novel methods of execution""
"He captured Rousion (now Keşan in Turkey) and massacred its Latin garrison."
"He then destroyed most of the fortresses along the Via Egnatia, as far as Athira (present-day Büyükçekmece in Turkey). The local inhabitants were captured and forcibly relocated to the lower Danube."
"The massacre and capture of their compatriots outraged the Greeks in Thrace and Macedonia. They realized that Kaloyan was more hostile to them than the Latins."
Niceeee!
Hello, I like your videos a lot, keep it up, greetings from Argentina
Thats a crime that you dont upload this to spotify
Slava carü! Glory to the king!
⬜🟦⬜❤️🇧🇬
Это стяг Ятвягов?
Это флаг Болгарии, рядом с сердчком видимо басурманская хрень
Много красива и много интересна композиция! Но се чудех дали бихте могли да направите нещо, което дори да следва музикалните стилове на източните славяни, може би посветено на Рюрик или Свети Владимир, Света Олга или Свети Александър Невски, който искате yбеден съм, че можете да го направите. Но правете каквото искате, аз само го предлагах, защото съм наполовина източнославянин😅.
Рјуриковичи су по мени одлични, требало би о њима направити нешто. :))
Слава Царю!
Слава царю Николаю
Калояну
Respect to Slavs from a Turkish 👍🇹🇷
Especially I love you Poland 🇵🇱
kocham cię polsko 🇵🇱🙏
@@papazataklaattiranimam Sempati duymak ile dost gözüyle bakmak farklı şeyler kanka. Ben polonyayi zaten Bosna gibi görmem ki slavlarin içinde Türklere en doğal saygı ve sevgi duyan millet bosnalilar.
Amazing, as always
Warrior music, much love for the BALKANS AND SLAVIC.
When you do a DACIAN (THRACIAN) music?? Much love from 🇷🇴 🇵🇹 ♥ 💪🏼
Slavs are Thracians basically, according to Greek, Turkic, Austro-Hunagrian and some French sources, funny enough I remember even seeing one Albanian-Italian source on it. I know it's not "official taught history" but it was pretty official until around 90s and is widely considered the truth even now days since the "currently official history" is based on one single document which was later proven politically charged and inspired, and it was debunked for false information (ie. writing of events that happened hundreds/thousands of years earlier as if they happened then or making up events). Plus the mixing of people in Balkans, you can trace Thracian people all across South Slavic countries or even Greece and Romania. So I would say he's done some Thracian music already.
@@belivuk2526 Nice information Brother
@@belivuk2526 Thracian and Illyrians are not the same my brother
@@Svevladovich It's widely thought that they are because, their beliefs and traditions were mostly the same or extremely similar, and so was everything they've built or used. While Thracian exact haplotype is known (I2a), Illyrian one isn't known so it's not a 100% sure thing but it is a widely believed thing. Most probably, they were two big groups of the same people that may even have not been united but Greeks and Romans put them down as the same group.
@@numenoreaneternity6682 It literally 1st emerged in the Balkans, if you trace the origins. Ancient Slavs did also live in some regions of modern Belarus but they also spanned through the Balkans, all the way to where Greece is today originally. The Slavic migration is a myth perpetuated by Germanic school of history which was based on a single document proven fake for describing events that never happened to describing events from centuries ago as if they happen at the time of writing for political gain
Farya sent me here.
Калоян е от най-великите .
East Roman empire : "Roman Slayer"?
East Roman empire : Haven't heard that name in a long time
Vlachs and Bulgarians were good partners
Phuck, I love Bulgaria now😎
Superb! Thanks a lot
Hi! just a question, did all the european people in that epoch call that we today call as a byzantines, romans?
Roman was the self designation of the so called Byzantines, but the Western Europeans referred to them as Greeks in the Middle-Ages; they didn't recognise them as Romans
@@faryafaraji Thanks Farya, I love your music!!. Greetings from Chile
Я уже давно заметил безусловное сходство русской и болгарской культуры. Это не только заметно в православной, духовной культуре, но в письменности кирилецой и произношении многих слов, а также единых славянских корней, что забывать никак не стоит. Пусть истории двух этих стран достаточно разные, но не замечать сходство этих двух народов не возможно.
P. S. Царь Колян.
In itself, many Bulgarian scholars fled, especially to Russia, where they served the high aristocracy of the Russian tsarate, for which a lot of Bulgarian culture greatly influenced the Russian one.
HA you think im missing this post then youre insane i never miss epic music
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Can you please create a song about Tsar Ivaylo please?